On February 12, 1988, Lansing Police Department officer Julie A. Engelhardt, 34, was killed in the line of duty after responding to a report that a man had stolen a sled near 624 E. Holmes Road. A 14-year veteran of the force, Engelhardt was the first female officer in the city’s history to be slain while serving. The suspect produced a .22 caliber rifle and shot Officer Engelhardt; she returned fire and wounded him before dying of her injuries. The suspect was taken into custody at the scene and later found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a mental institution. He was released in 1992, four years after Engelhardt’s death. Julie Engelhardt was survived by two sisters.

Does anyone have memories of Engelhardt’s service or information about the events that led to that February 1988 confrontation?